Thinkpads: IBM vs Lenovo

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In article <d6srv60flt@news2.newsguy.com>, anon@gte.net says...
> Does anyone know whether the laptops now sold by Lenovo (which is linked
> from the IBM site) are really the same product -- at least for the
> present -- as the laptops recently "made by" IBM?
>
> I ask because when I bought an IBM G-series Thinkpad in Novermber 2004, it
> was shipped from Shanghai. Which makes me suspect that IBM was already
> outsourcing the manufacturing to Lenovo (or certainly to someone in China)
> before the recent change in corporate arrangements.
>
> My IBM laptop was stolen in a home burglary, so I'm wondering whether a
> Lenovo laptop would be, in effect, the same product made by more-or-less the
> same people in the same factory as the "IBM" product made 6 months ago.
>
> Of course, the comparison will become less meaningful over time, as Lenovo
> itself becomes directly responsibe for the design changes and quality
> control. But, since I'm asking about a 6-month-old "IBM" -vs- a new
> "Lenovo", I'm hoping they would be truly equivalent. Any inside tips?
>
> Thanks...

They have been made in China for some time now. Every recent T series
I've purchased has a Made In China sticker...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

"Ted Kerin" <anon@gte.net> wrote in message
news6srv60flt@news2.newsguy.com...
> Does anyone know whether the laptops now sold by Lenovo (which is
linked
> from the IBM site) are really the same product -- at least for the
> present -- as the laptops recently "made by" IBM?
>
> I ask because when I bought an IBM G-series Thinkpad in Novermber
2004, it
> was shipped from Shanghai. Which makes me suspect that IBM was
already
> outsourcing the manufacturing to Lenovo (or certainly to someone in
China)
> before the recent change in corporate arrangements.
>
> My IBM laptop was stolen in a home burglary, so I'm wondering
whether a
> Lenovo laptop would be, in effect, the same product made by
more-or-less the
> same people in the same factory as the "IBM" product made 6 months
ago.
>
> Of course, the comparison will become less meaningful over time, as
Lenovo
> itself becomes directly responsibe for the design changes and
quality
> control. But, since I'm asking about a 6-month-old "IBM" -vs- a new
> "Lenovo", I'm hoping they would be truly equivalent. Any inside
tips?
>
> Thanks...
>

I bought an IBM X31 last fall. It was made in China. It came with an
X-base adapter that takes 3 hands to attach and remove.

Judging from the poor design of the Xbase adapter, I suspect that it
was developed by Lenovo rather than IBM.

FWIW, I've owned 7 Thinkpads.

Chas.